Video blast from the past: Immigration is a privilege, not a right
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sheetsadam1 — 9 months ago(June 10, 2025 05:05 PM)
No, but the Tenth Amendment is a right.
"The powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution
, nor prohibited
by it
to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The only thing the Constitution has to say about immigration is in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which grants
Congress
the power "to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." Naturalization, of course, is not the same as immigration.
Article VI is also relevant: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States
which shall be made in Pursuance thereof
; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be
the supreme Law of the Land
."
In other words, the Tenth Amendment overrides any law you can cite. If you want to force state and local officials to comply with the desires of federal law enforcement, you'll need to consult Article V of the Constitution, which reads in full:
"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."
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